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Communication, Confidentiality and Consent in Mental Health Care
Ryan, C; Callaghan, Sascha; Large, MPublished 2014-01-01Families and friends play a vital role in the care and support of people with serious mental illness. However, caregivers often complain that treating teams do not adequately inform them of their loved one’s condition and ...Open AccessArticle -
Death tourism: Travelling for life-ending procedures
Callaghan, SaschaPublished 2011-01-01This was how the final morning in the life of Dr John Elliot was reported on the front page of the Sydney Morning Heraldin January 2007. Dr Elliot, from NSW, was gravely ill with multiple myeloma, and had travelled to ...Open AccessArticle -
How to draw the line between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ reasons to die
Callaghan, SaschaPublished 2014-11-11A Senate inquiry into legalising voluntary euthanasia for terminally ill people has recommended a conscience vote on the proposed bill after technical matters, such as what constitutes a “terminal illness”, are clarified. ...Open AccessArticle -
Long time, no see. Australians with mental illnesses wait too long before independent review of detention
Ryan, C; Callaghan, Sascha; Large, MPublished 2010-01-01Imagine that you found yourself arrested in a New South Wales country town; Dubbo, for example. The local constabulary tell you that you are guilty of some offence and that you are now looking at several weeks inside. You ...Open AccessArticle -
Meeting the call of the coroner: detention and release of patients under the Mental Health Act
Ryan, CR; Callaghan, SaschaPublished 2011-01-01In a recent inquest into the death of a man discharged from a Sydney emergency department, the coroner commented that some staff of that hospital may have had “a less than satisfactory understanding of the provisions ...Open AccessArticle -
Proposed changes to the function of the Mental Health Act will erode patient rights
Ryan, CR; Callaghan, Sascha; Large, MPublished 2010-01-01Imagine for a moment you ind yourself arrested in some foreign clime – Queensland, for example. You are told you have transgressed some northern law and are looking at several weeks inside. You are anxious, to ...Open AccessArticle -
Reducing Internet Gambling Harms Using Behavioral Science: A Stakeholder Framework
Gainsbury, Sally M; Black, Nicola; Blaszczynski, Alex; Callaghan, Sascha; Clancey, Garner; Starcevic, Vladan; Tymula, AgnieszkaPublished 2020Internet gambling provides a unique environment with design mechanics and data-driven opportunities that can impact gambling-related harms. Some elements of Internet gambling including isolation, lack of interruption, and ...Article -
Refusing medical treatment after attempted suicide : Rethinking capacity and coercive treatment in light of the Kerrie Wooltorton case
Callaghan, Sascha; Ryan, CPublished 2011-01-01The inquest into the death of Kerrie Wooltorton in Norfolk, England, ignited extensive public debate on the scope of the common law right to refuse medical treatment where a patient is distressed, depressed or actively ...Open AccessArticle -
Risk of Suicide Is Insufficient Warrant for Coercive Treatment for Mental Illness
Callaghan, Sascha; Ryan, C; Kerridge, IPublished 2013-01-01Mental health laws in many jurisdictions currently permit coercive treatment for persons with mental illness who are thought to be at risk of harm to themselves or others. These laws are often used to provide involuntary ...Open AccessArticle -
Should people with acute mental suffering be allowed to die?
Callaghan, SaschaPublished 2014-11-14Euthanasia advocates often assert a distinction between dying with dignity (good) and suicide (bad), drawing on the community’s twin commitment to both permitting euthanasia in some circumstances, and preventing suicide. ...Open AccessArticle -
A submission on the issues raised by the review of New South Wales Mental Health Act 2007
Callaghan, Sascha; Ryan, CJPublished 2014-09-17The submission is based upon the issues raised in the Discussion Paper: Issues Arising under the NSW Mental Health Act 2007. Part I of the submission deals with issues relating to the criteria for detention and treatment ...Open AccessOther -
Suicide Risk Assessment: Where Are We Now? [Letter]
Ryan, C; Large, M; Callaghan, SaschaPublished 2013-01-01Patients who present in psychological crisis or after a suicide attempt are more than 50 times more likely than the general population to die by suicide in the following year. They require careful assessment and management. ...Open AccessArticle, Letter -
Surrogacy, Motherhood and baby Gammy
Callaghan, Sascha; Newson, A.J.Published 2014-08-11The story of baby Gammy, being cared for by his 21-year-old Thai surrogate mother, emerged in late July and has dominated the news since. Mother-of-two Pattaramon Chanbua was offered AU$16,000 to carry a pregnancy for a ...Open AccessArticle -
A Week Can be a Long Time in Mental Illness
Ryan, C; Callaghan, SaschaPublished 2011-08-20An erosion of the Mental Health Act is worrying. The safeguards on our human rights hang by a slender thread. In July last year, everyone in NSW had one such safeguard cut away. Its removal, by a simple bureaucratic ...Open AccessArticle, Letter -
When a mother's rights clash with the needs of her unborn child.
Callaghan, SaschaPublished 2015-04-09The recent report of case of a pregnant woman who refused life-saving cancer treatment while heavily pregnant has once again ignited debate within the community about how we should resolve conflicts between a mother's ...Open AccessArticle, Letter
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